The Franchise Rights Alone Will Make Us Rich…

In honor of Toy Fair 2012 currently underway far away from me, I’ve decided to take a little moment to review one of, if not the, fanciest toys I own.

I have very simple tastes when it comes to toys. If they look like the character and stand up without falling over, I’m generally pleased. But today I received my gateway drug into the world of ‘adult collectibles’…and not like the kind you might expect me to be talking about after my last article. I mean the upper class toys, the kind with authentically cloth clothing and leather boots and interchangeable parts and points of articulation in the double digits.

I got the Matty Collector 12inch Ray Stanz from Ghostbusters.

Ghostbusters is kind of my jam, and while Egon was amazing, Ray was always my favorite. So simply having a figure of him was enough for me to descend into girlish nerdy giggles. But then I discovered everything it could do. Like I said before, I’ve ever had a toy of this quality before, so every little discovery was pure magic.

The sculpt itself is sturdy and well painted, and pretty damned detailed. The clothes are great, and I actually like the boots and the gloves being PVC as well rather than faux leather. It makes it a little easier to pose it. Speaking of posing, the joints are all stiff enough to hold a pose, but loose enough to move around without being terrified you’re going to snap it. The head on mine is a little overly loose, and the proton pack does make the whole thing a little back heavy, but it’s solid over all.

There’s a bunch of additional pieces too; A set of alternate gloveless hands, the radio, those ridiculous yet awesome ecto-goggles and of course, the trap. The trap actually springs open as well, but only when you press the red light. I would have squealed if it worked when you pressed the pedal, though. That would have put me into a nerd coma. There’s also the pack itself, which is detailed as hell, and actually pretty sturdy. Apparently it lights up, but I couldn’t figure out how to detach it from it’s base and after a close call when I accidentally took apart and then couldn’t reassemble the trap, I was a bit hesitant to push it further. So, for now, all I can say is it does things. No word yet on just how impressive those ‘things’ are.

And now I have to mention something that just blew my freaking mind. It actually has nothing to do with the figure itself, rather the packaging. Yup, I am so new to this I’m about to freak out over packaging. All the additional pieces come in a separate slide out cardboard compartment. That compartment had been designed to look and open exactly like their lockers. I tossed the rest of the packaging. I shall never toss that.

All in all, I am both impressed with and giddy over my very first high-class toy. My only regret is now I’m going to spend so…so much money. There are three more Ghostbusters to collect, after all.